The Professional Footballers’ Association has supported Carlos Tevez in his, so called, breach of contract with Manchester City. The PFA has said that the player can not be justified as the guilty party.
Manchester City had punished the Argentine striker for his refusal to play as a substitute in the loss against Bayern Munich with a fine of four weeks’ wages, said to be between £800,000 and £1,000,000 saying there were five separate breaches of contract in the UEFA Champions League encounter in September.
Tevez insists he only refused to warm up and his advisors have told the they believe that none of the five reasons given by City for upholding the charge of misconduct – which the club published on their website – are correct.
PFA chief Gordon Taylor has issued a statement that insists Tevez has been cleared of the accusation that he refused to come of the bench for Manchester City in the Champions League at Bayern Munich, and as such should not incur an additional two-week fine.
The PFA statement reads: “Gordon Taylor attended the hearing with Carlos Tevez on October 21 and was privy to all the evidence presented to the hearing and Carlos’ response.
“The PFA’s opinion, based on all the evidence presented, is that Carlos Tevez never refused to play for the club,” reads the statement.
“This is accepted by the club in that the charge against Carlos made at the hearing was not one of refusing to play.
“As such the PFA considers that there is no justification for a fine other than up to the prescribed sanction of two weeks’ wages agreed by the FA, the Premier League and PFA.
“The PFA has informed the Manchester City
Football Club accordingly and Carlos will continue to be supported by the PFA in this regard.”
